Lucky number 13? The number of ships the House Armed Services wants to buy in 2018

The USS George Washington battlegroup WASHINGTON: Is 13 the Navy’s lucky number? That’s how many ships the House Armed Service Committee wants to buy in 2018, five more than President Trump requested, the seapower subcommittee announced this afternoon. The problem: no one knows where the money’s coming from. Rep. Joe Courtney aboard the aircraft carrier USS…